Springsteen, Vedder, Wonder To Rock Obama Center Opening Bruce Springsteen and Barack Obama (courtesy photo). The official opening of the Obama Presidential Center this week will double as one of the year’s most impressive all-star music gatherings. The invitation-only dedication ceremony, scheduled for June 18 in Chicago’s historic Jackson Park, will feature performances and appearances […]

Roots, Will Smith, Jazzy Jeff Anchor ‘One Philly’ The Roots’ Black Thought and Questlove (photo: Lisa Lake / Getty Images for Philly Fights Cancer ) Philadelphia is going big for America’s 250th birthday by placing the city’s music history front and center. One Philly: Unity Concert for America will take over the Benjamin Franklin Parkway […]

Questlove’s Earth, Wind & Fire Doc Bound For Tribeca Earth, Wind & Fire’s Maurice White performing on Feb. 3, 1978 (photo: Michael Putland / Getty Images). The Tribeca Festival is going big for its 25th anniversary, with opening night programming centered around Roots drummer Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s new documentary on Earth, Wind & Fire, Earth, […]

Roots Picnic Rounds Out With Badu, Kehlani Erykah Badu performing in Brussels, Belgium, on August 12, 2003. (photo: Gie Knaeps) The Roots Picnic has filled in the rest of its 2026 lineup, adding Erykah Badu as a second headliner alongside a deeper slate of R&B and hip-hop names. As previously reported, Jay-Z will top the […]

Newly Umlauted JAŸ-Z Set For Roots Picnic JAŸ-Z in June 2025 (photo: Jose Breton / Pics Action / NurPhoto via Getty Images). JAŸ-Z has confirmed a rare high-profile concert appearance with Questlove and the Roots at their annual Roots Picnic in Philadelphia, and he has apparently also added an umlaut to the spelling of his […]